Reed clipper



Juri@ 26,' '1928.

L. W. rCHOBAR REED CLIPPER Filed Aug. l5, 1927 Inventar EWE/20h07;

ttorng Patented Junel 26, 1928.

UNITED STA `Louis WILLIAM cHoBAR, or LANCASTER, ivEBnAsKA.

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Application filedA August 15,l 1,927. Serial y1\'I'o.v21 3,058.

The object of my said invention is the provision of an efficient device through the medium of which reeds such as used in clarinets, saxophones, and other' analogous musical instruments mayv be expeditiously To the attainment lof the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvementV as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

yIn the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification 1 y Figure 1 is a top plan view of the preferred embodiment of my'invention with a reed positioned to be: clipped.

Figure 2 is an enlarged end the same.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal central section,`with parts in elevation and with the reed omitted.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view showing inverted a portion lofthe bottom of the body of novel device. i y

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding` parts in all the views of the drawings.

The reed to be clipped is designated by 1 and is shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Among other elements my novel device comprises a body, preferably of appropriate metal, and having `a bottom wall 2 and side walls 3. The inner sides of the side walls 3 are undercut adjacent to the upper side of the bottom wall 2 as indicated by 4 for the endwise slidable insertion in the body of `a` designed to support the reed to be vThe said strip lis preferably lof wood with a smooth planed strip 5, clipped.

close grained surface. smooth surface for clean cutting of reeds, and while the said strip is preferably formed of wood I would have it understood that within the purview of my invention the strip 5 may be of any other material compatible with thepurpose ascribed to the strip 5. I would also have it understood that the strip 5 may be adjusted lengthwise in the body so as to insure a smooth sur face, and that the strip 5 may be reversed or turned end for en-d, and when the said strip is deteriorated by long continued use it may be expeditiously and easily removed and as readily replaced with a new strip or block 5.

In the bottom wall 2 of the body is formed an opening 6, Figures 3 and 4, and in comelevation of v The strip 5 is designed to afford a' munication withlthe endsof said opening 6 are` guide ways 7 which are continued up-v wardlyin the inner sides of the `side walls 3 as designated by 7 X in Figure 3.

FiXedw'ith respect to the body and prefi` erably formed integral therewith is an arch l 8in whichis a central aperture 9 and a oountersink 10'.

At 11 is the blad-e holderof my improvement, the said bladeholder being provided with end portions 12 movable rectilinearly in the said guide ways 7, 7 X. rlhe said bladey holder is of `general arcuate form invplan, and is provided in its under -side with" a socket 13wto receive the heel portion of a clipping blade 14, the said blade 14 being preferably, though not-necessarily, secured to the said socket through the medium of pins15. i4`f .appropriately fixed tothe vholder 11 is a stem 16. The said stem 16 is guided in the before mentionedaperture 9 in the arch 8 and is provided -by preference with a detachably connected head or knobr 17. A coiled spring 18 is seated in the before mentioned countersink 10 of the arch 8 and is arranged about the stem 1G and is interposed between the bottom wall of the said counter sink 10 and the head 17 so as to operate tov retract the blade hol-der 11 subsequently to a depression thereof. v By virtue of the provision of the opening 6 in the bottom wall 2 of the body it will be manifest that it is feasible to form the..

stem 16 integral with or to permanently affix the said stem 16 tothe body 11, the body' 11 and the stem 16 being introduced upwardly through the 4opening 6 and the stem 1G being moved upwardly through the aperture 9, after which the spring 18 is applied and they head or knob 17 is connected to the vupper end of the stem 16. In the practical use of my novel device, the reed 1 to be clipped is positioned in the device as shown in Figuresfl and 2, after which the blade 14 is powerfully depressed by pressure applied to the head or knob 17, whereupon the reed will be clipped in a clean cut manner so that the clipped reed wilCll be quite as good as an entirely vnewree Manifestly my novelfdevice kmay be made y going that my novel.l reed clipping device is Incident to the use of my novel device'it will be appreciated thatthe reed may be expeditiously and easily positioned for the` clipping operation, and after said operation the reed. may as, readily be removed from the device.` y ,i i

'l have entered into adetailed description of the preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a lfull clear, and exact understanding oi' the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the construetion disclosed, myinvcntion being defined by my appended claimswithin the scope of which modilications may be madevvthout departure from my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I c aim as new is f I 1. A device for clipping musical instrument reeds, comprising a body having a bottom wall and side Walls with undercuts `in their inner sides adjacent to the bot-tom wall and also havingy an arch on the side Walls and an a rture and a counter sink in said arch, anV further having guide ways in the side walls, a supporting block disposed on the bottom Wall and in the said under cuts of the side wal-ls, a blade holder movable in said guide ways, an arcuate blade carried by said holder, a stem fixed to said holder and extending throu h said aperture in the arch and provide at its upper end with a head, and a spring surrounding the, stem and seated in said countersink and interposed between the bottoni of the countersink and the head.

2. A device for clipping musical instrument reeds, comprising a body having a bottom 'wall and side Walls withundercuts in their inner sides adjacent to the bottom Wall and also having an arch on said side walls andan aperture and a counter sink in said arclnand further having guide wat in the side walls, a sup orting block disposed on the bottom wal and in the'said under cuts yoi' the side Walls, a blade holder movable in 4said guide ways, an arcuate blad-e carried by said holder, a stem fixed to said holder and extending through said aperture in the arch and rovided at its upper end with a head, an a spring surrounding the stem and seated in said Vcountersink and interposed between the bottom of the counter-sink and the head; the said bottom wall of the body being provided with an opening below t'heblade holder and blade, and the said guide Ways in the' side walls of the body being extended through `the bottom wall of the body and arranged in communication withl the said opening.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

Louis WILLIAM cHoBAR. 

